1. Unit 6: Social Factors in Health

2. Education Surgeon General’s report (1964) called Smoking and Health.
Recommended daily allowances or daily values
Sex education in the classroom

3. Regulation
Used to restrain people from harming others.
Can you think of laws that regulate people’s behavior for the good of public health?

4. What is the most important predictor of health?
Question…..
What is the most important predictor of health?

5. In what ways is higher SES associated with a better health status?
One of the factors that greatly affects health is socioeconomic status (SES).
In what ways is higher SES associated with a better health status?

6. Health Belief Model
Extent to which an individual feels vulnerable to threat
Perceived severity of threat
Perceived effectiveness of taking action to prevent the problem
How would the health belief model help predict whether someone you know could quit smoking?

7. Social Ecological Model
Intrapersonal
Level
Community
Level
Interpersonal
Level
Institutional
Level
Public Policy
Level

8. Levels of SEM Intrapersonal Interpersonal Institution Community
Individual characteristics that influence behavior (knowledge, attitude, and beliefs)
Interpersonal
Primary groups that provide social identity, support, and role definition
Institution
Rules, regulations, and policies that may constrain or promote recommended behaviors
Community
Social norms that exist (both formal and informal) that exist among individuals, groups, and organizations
Public Policy
Local, state, and federal policies that regulate healthy actions and practice

9. Social Ecological Model
Using the ecological model, explain why the United States has a high rate of adolescent pregnancy.

10. Infant Mortality
Indicator of the health status of a population
Racial disparity
Infant mortality rate for black Americans is more than double that for white Americans.
Why do you think this disparity exists? What is contributing to it?

11. Children’s Health and Safety
The book mentions several strategies that have been used to protect the health of children.
What are some of the strategies that protect against asthma, infectious diseases, dental caries, and injuries in general?

12. Any questions?